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are turned down because there isn't enough money for all the science that's possible. now as long as we're under the kind of fiscal constraints that we are and nih doesn't have the priority it might otherwise have, we're going to have most of our grants not funded. and when there is so much good science out there, it's hard in an environment in which you're saying essentially nine out of ten grants are unfunded that we should fund fewer for some of the science that isn't directly relevant to what may be the cost drivers in health care today. >> so we need more money in r&d. >> r&d is hardly the answer. >> getting back to cancer cure, what is the overriding conclusion we're coming to, since there are so many different cancers. an individual could have a cancer specific to his own genotype. is it trying to find something on the surface of the cancer cell recognized by the immune system, will that be the best way to do it? >> i think the best way to do it is going to be a genome scan of your cancer so that we can find the mutation in your cancer and give you targeted ther
are turned down because there isn't enough money for all the science that's possible. now as long as we're under the kind of fiscal constraints that we are and nih doesn't have the priority it might otherwise have, we're going to have most of our grants not funded. and when there is so much good science out there, it's hard in an environment in which you're saying essentially nine out of ten grants are unfunded that we should fund fewer for some of the science that isn't directly relevant to...
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. >> basic science. you don't want to pick winners and losers in the companies that are going to survive. national science foundation obviously. >> good loan guarantees can be targeted. there are many ways to do things. one of the things that arianna has been discussing and i've found very compelling is this notion that we should provide opportunities and channels for national service in a variety of industries. this is something industry could do. i've been very involved with teach for america but you could have not only a teacher's corps, you could have medical corps, you could have financial services corps of young people coming out of college, having trouble finding a job but with industry associations, companies saying we're going to create interns and a service program where people can work for a year, maybe two years, learning a trade, learning a profession, whether they're trying to do legal services for america or financial services for america, or health or for that matter engineering, encoding
. >> basic science. you don't want to pick winners and losers in the companies that are going to survive. national science foundation obviously. >> good loan guarantees can be targeted. there are many ways to do things. one of the things that arianna has been discussing and i've found very compelling is this notion that we should provide opportunities and channels for national service in a variety of industries. this is something industry could do. i've been very involved with teach...
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. >> but there is science behind this. >> more testosterone. >> it's the testosterone that kills the hair. you're more aggressive. you're an aggressor. >> how do you keep your hair? >> if zucker was still -- i would be nicer, he has a full head of hair so i'm not afraid right now. if some guy who is unfortunately is bald happens to end up in a powerful position, it's not because of being bald, it's in spite of being bald. toupees look like crap. you can't buy a...
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a real technical term, we suck, on an international basis, kids in the bottom quartile in math and science. if you look at higher ed the university system we have the best universities in the world. what's the difference? universities are competitive, compete for professors, research contracts, students. k through 12 a monopoly. you have a public monopoly on one side and capitalism, competition on the other side. we excel where there's competition, we suck where there's none. >> we're not going to talk about health care now but that's going to become much less competitive and much less private sector involvement as well and that's 20% of the economy. >> well at least the public has kind of expressed its public opinion on it. >> 53-43. it's not going to be repealed if president obama gets reelected. >> unlikely. >> it's 53-43. >> 53-43 and you haven't had anything -- >> disapprove-approve or obama. >> you haven't had let's rip money out of the medicare part of it and the promises about lower health care premiums have certainly not survived. i mean we've seen, what, 8% or 9% increase in heal
a real technical term, we suck, on an international basis, kids in the bottom quartile in math and science. if you look at higher ed the university system we have the best universities in the world. what's the difference? universities are competitive, compete for professors, research contracts, students. k through 12 a monopoly. you have a public monopoly on one side and capitalism, competition on the other side. we excel where there's competition, we suck where there's none. >> we're not...